Now, as President Biden's transportation secretary, Buttigieg is in charge of the $2 trillion push to overhaul the country's highways and bridges. ADADAs transportation secretary, Buttigieg has spoken extensively on his view that the federal government reinforces racial and economic inequality through “misguided” transportation policies. Many of those communities had been segregated as a result of redlining and blighted because of a lack of credit. Many of those communities had been segregated as a result of redlining and blighted because of a lack of credit. The undertaking is also intended to alleviate some of the traffic-related pollution that's hit Black communities particularly hard — a continuation of the department's push to address climate change and environmental justice.

Source: Washington Post April 02, 2021 10:52 UTC